Free microchipping event at Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground

Last Updated:
03rd October 2016

Last Updated: 03 Oct 2016 9:31am

This a free microchipping session at Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground on Wednesday 30 March between 12noon and 2pm is the last in a series of events organised
by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council in partnership with the Dogs Trust
and Ward Security to highlight the importance of responsible dog ownership in
advance of a change in the law. From 6 April 2016 all dogs in England must be microchipped and registered to
an approved database by the time they are eight weeks old.

The Dogs Trust has provided the microchipping
equipment (including 300 free microchips) and the Council's Dog Warden will be
registering any dogs microchipped at the event as well as giving advice on a
range of topics from dog care and grooming to training and security.

Dog owners can bring the pooches along to the
free microchipping event area, which will be situated near the public toilets
next to Tonbridge Swimming Pool at Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground (TN9 1HS)
between 12 noon and 2 pm on Wednesday 30 March.

Tonbridge and Malling's Dog Warden has already microchipped 173
dogs at six similar events held across the borough throughout February and
March.
Unlike dog tags and collars, which can fall off or be removed, microchipping is
a more permanent form of identifying a dog.

Cabinet Member for Housing and Environment
Services, Cllr Mrs Jill Anderson says: "Stolen, lost and stray dogs are all too
common and the task of reuniting dogs with their correct owners is so much
easier if the dog is microchipped. Most
people consider their dogs to be 'one of the family' and by working with the
Dogs Trust to offer free microchipping I hope we will be helping more dogs and
their owners to stay together."

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